Birthday Card Inspiration – Day 4

If you like coloring, today's project is for you!

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This card easily turns into a wedding or other occasion by just changing the greeting. Changing the color of the flower allows for personalization in the birthday girl's or bride's colors, too.

Supplies:

  • Stamp Sets: Birthday Blooms (140658 clear) (140655 wood)
  • Inks: Basic Black Archival (140931), Real Red (126949), Old Olive (126953), Daffodil Delight (126944)
  • Paper: Basic Black cs (121688), Very Vanilla cs (106550), Timeless Elegance DSP (138444)
  • Other: Aqua Painter (103954), Wink of Stella brush – clear (141897), Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit (140551), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin’ Trimmer (129722)

 

Measurements:

Basic Black card stock: 5 ⅞” x 8 ¼ ”, score at 4 ⅛”

Very Vanilla card stock: 4” x 5 ¾ ”

Basic Black card stock: 2” x 5 ½ ”

Very Vanilla card stock: 1 ⅞“ x 5 ⅜“

Timeless Elegance DSP: 3 different patterns : 1 measuring 1 ½ “ x 4”, 1 measuring 1 ½” x 3 ¾” and 1 measuring 1 ½” x 3 ½”

 

Instructions:

  1. Using Basic Black Archival Ink, stamp the large flower from the Birthday Blooms stamp set onto the Very Vanilla strip of card stock.
  2. Using the Aqua Painter, paint the flower using Real Read for the flower petals. Old Olive for the leaves. Daffodil Delight for the flower centre.
  3. When dry, go over the entire flower and leaves with the clear Wink of Stella pen.
  4. Using the Basic Black Archival Ink, stamp the greeting.
  5. Attach 5 of the pink shimmer enamel dots from the Love Blossoms Embellishment Kit.
  6. Adhere this panel to the black panel.
  7. Cut tails into the 3 strips of Timeless Elegance DSP.
  8. Adhere these strips to the large Very Vanilla piece of card stock.
  9. Adhere this large Very Vanilla piece to the card front..
  10. Adhere the flower panel to the card front.

If you missed the birthday card inspiration I posted earlier in the week, start here for some great ideas.

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